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Alumni: what's one memory from Great Valley Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
983
Elementary
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANTECA UNIFIED·NCES 062361007749
Great Valley Elementary
4223 McDougald Blvd., Stockton, CA 95206 · (209) 938-6300 · San Joaquin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL983 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
697 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 172 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (172) is 59% larger than its 8th grade class (108).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
26.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.9pp since 2014
Math
17.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.6% | 18.6% | 29.4% | 44.4% |
| Math | 5.2% | 12.1% | 27.3% | 55.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.1% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 18.8% |
| 2022-23 | 32.5% | 20.8% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 16.2% |
| 2018-19 | 37.9% | 24.1% |
| 2017-18 | 37.1% | 24.0% |
| 2016-17 | 31.3% | 18.5% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Great Valley Elementary
Great Valley Elementary's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Valley Elementary this school | 983 | 70.9% | 23.9% |
| Muir K-8 Long Beach | 1,029 | 71.0% | 39.5% |
| Rudolph Rivera Elementary Merced | 917 | 75.5% | 26.4% |
| Louis VanderMolen Fundamental Elementary Jurupa Valley | 959 | 74.9% | 39.2% |
| Maxine Hong Kingston Elementary Stockton | 720 | 75.4% | 25.9% |
| San Joaquin Elementary Stockton | 711 | 74.8% | 30.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Great Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #4,202 of 5,151 | #87 of 138 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #4,538 of 5,172 ▼ 240 | #102 of 138 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #4,366 of 5,172 ▼ 1,010 | #93 of 138 ▼ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #1,098 of 5,116 | #29 of 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 983 | #87 of 5,915 | #8 of 159 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,125 of 5,352 | #105 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #1,982 of 5,354 | #71 of 149 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #2,900 of 5,625 | #93 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #2,399 of 3,837 | #43 of 95 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
983
+104 (+12%) vs 2020
+51% since 2000-01, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 23.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 983 | 40.1 | 24.5:1 | 71% (697) |
| 2023-24 | 948 | 37.4 | 25.3:1 | 75% (711) |
| 2022-23 | 911 | 36.7 | 24.8:1 | 67% (613) |
| 2020-21 | 879 | 38 | 23.1:1 | 78% (686) |
| 2017-18 | 1,121 | 40 | 28.0:1 | 81% (909) |
| 2015-16 | 1,093 | 39 | 28.0:1 | 72% (792) |
| 2010-11 | 1,203 | N/A | N/A | 65% (777) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 25% (160) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,121 to 983); teachers unchanged (40 to 40.1).
About Great Valley Elementary
Great Valley Elementary is one of the public schools in Stockton, California. It is a large elementary school. It enrolled 983 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Manteca Unified has 30 schools and 25,347 students, and Great Valley Elementary is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Great Valley Elementary is 60% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 19% Asian, 11% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. Census figures show San Joaquin County is about 43% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Great Valley Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Teacher staffing is 40.1 full-time equivalents, or about 24.5 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. About 71% of students, or 697, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Great Valley Elementary is D. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Great Valley Elementary would score about 38.0%. It scores 23.9%, 14.1 points below that figure.
Across San Joaquin County, median household income is about $92,179, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Great Valley Elementary is among the 251 public schools in San Joaquin County.
The closest public school, August Knodt Elementary, is about 0.5 miles from Great Valley Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Great Valley Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 879 to 983 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 23.1:1 to 24.5:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manteca Unified
- Manteca HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 1,670 students
- East Union HighHigh · 1,524 students
- Lathrop HighHigh · 1,486 students
- Veritas ElementaryElementary · 1,266 students
- Nile Garden ElementaryElementary · 1,221 students
Other schools in Stockton
- Lincoln HighHigh · 2,801 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,355 students
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,065 students
- Cesar Chavez HighHigh · 2,021 students
- Bear Creek HighHigh · 1,925 students
- Stagg Senior HighHigh · 1,677 students
Nearby schools
- August Knodt Elementary0.5 mi · 642
- Weston Ranch High0.6 mi · 1,164
- New Vision High0.7 mi · 105
- Taft Elementary1.0 mi · 449
- George Y. Komure Elementary1.2 mi · 752
- KIPP Stockton1.3 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Great Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Great Valley Elementary?
Great Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 983 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Great Valley Elementary serve?
Great Valley Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Great Valley Elementary have?
Great Valley Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
How diverse is Great Valley Elementary?
Great Valley Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 60% Hispanic, 11% Black, 19% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Great Valley Elementary?
Great Valley Elementary is overseen by Manteca Unified in San Joaquin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.